I have a confession to make. Even though I live with an artist, occasionally paint, have a membership at the local art museum and love speculative fiction, I do not like science fiction and fantasy art. There's nothing like a painting of a pegasus to make my stomach revolt, and frankly, highly air brushed visions of space suits don't get me too excited, either. But the other day I decided to push my limits (okay, and to get all nostalgic over favorite book covers), I got a book of
Chesley award-winning art.
And it was fun.
Admittedly, the nostalgia factor helped quite a bit. There's nothing like seeing a painting and getting all excited because it was on the cover of one of your favorite books. But also, I remembered that I love to look at stars and space ships. I love Saturn! I love moons! I love
Chesley Bonestell!
Anyway, looking at all those great images only made me more certain that 2010 was going to be a great year for SF. Hooray!
2 comments:
I'm an art fan, too, but aside from Starry Night can't think of any celestial themes that I've been wild about. These are some great covers, though--they do make me want to see more fantasy-related art. Thanks!
Elizabeth
Mystery Writing is Murder
I know what you mean--typically I prefer turn-of-the-century (20th) art: O'Keefe,Picasso,Carr ... But Chesley's astronomy-art is surprisngly neat-o!
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